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Don't be such a greedy guts!

4/4/2015

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Ok, here's the rub. When you sell collectables, you are not selling an item that has a part number or Sku, or ISBN # (generally). There is no list price, the only price guide you have is research. If you are selling your Wayne Gretzky rookie card, you know roughly what it's worth and what attributes that make it more valuable. Topps vs. OPC, condition, graded or not graded, are you selling in Canada or the States (can be a huge difference). 
So what happens if you have an item that you can't find any info on. I recently came across a book that I can find almost no history on. This can be good or bad. Most probably, no one wants it and it was a minor run by someone's great aunt talking about growing up on a farm in rural butthole Saskatchewan. What do you charge for this? Literally, whatever you can get. $1 takes it away. But what happens with a well know author. I have a book called Now we are Six, by A. A Milne. Sound familiar? Yup, the author of Winnie the Pooh. Yay, probably worth more than a buck. Hard cover, check, dust jacket, check, 1st edition 1927, check...sort of. My book was published in Canada in 1925, fully 2 years before the supposed first printing. So, does that make it the first true printing thereby becoming the 1st edition? That's how I'm promoting it. I can't find another one anywhere to compare prices, so I'm making one up. Trying not to be greedy! If you want to see the book, here it is. Love your feedback.
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